Spanish–English parallel text
La tortuga y la liebre
The Tortoise and the Hare
Aesop
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Un día, una liebre se burlaba de una tortuga por ser tan lenta.
One day a hare was making fun of a tortoise for being so slow.
«¿Llegas alguna vez a alguna parte?», preguntó con una risa burlona.
“Do you ever get anywhere?” he asked with a mocking laugh.
«Sí», respondió la tortuga, «y llego antes de lo que crees. Correré contra ti y te lo demostraré».
“Yes,” replied the tortoise, “and I get there sooner than you think. I’ll race you and prove it.”
A la liebre le pareció muy divertida la idea de correr contra la tortuga, pero aceptó solo por diversión. Así que el zorro, que había aceptado ser el juez, marcó la distancia y dio la salida a los corredores.
The hare thought the idea of racing the tortoise was very funny, but just for fun he agreed. So the fox, who had agreed to be the judge, marked out the distance and started the runners off.
La liebre pronto se perdió de vista. Para que la tortuga sintiera lo ridículo que era correr contra una liebre, se tumbó al lado del camino y durmió una siesta hasta que la tortuga pudiera alcanzarla.
The hare was soon far out of sight. To make the tortoise feel how ridiculous it was to race a hare, he lay down beside the track and took a nap until the tortoise could catch up.
Mientras tanto, la tortuga continuó despacio pero sin parar, y después de un tiempo pasó por el lugar donde la liebre estaba durmiendo. Pero la liebre siguió durmiendo tranquilamente, y cuando por fin se despertó, la tortuga estaba casi en la línea de meta.
Meanwhile, the tortoise kept going slowly but steadily, and after a while he passed the place where the hare was sleeping. But the hare slept on peacefully, and when he finally woke up, the tortoise was almost at the finish line.
Entonces la liebre corrió tan rápido como pudo, pero no pudo alcanzar a la tortuga a tiempo.
The hare now ran as fast as he could, but he couldn’t catch up with the tortoise in time.
La carrera no siempre la gana el más rápido.
The race is not always won by the fastest.
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